Register.



No. 848,055. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

- J. H. WILLIAMS.

REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 14,1906.

2 SHEETS-SEEET 1.

[NVENTOA THE NORRIS PETERS co, WASHINGTON, n. c

PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

J. H. WILLIAMS.

REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

[NVENTOR THE NURRIS PETERS C0,. wnsumnrmv, n. c.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS, OF NEVI ORLEANS. LOUISIANA.

FiEGlSTEFl.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed June 14, 1906. Serial N0. 321,760.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

- Be it known that 1, JOHN H. VVILLLins, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful improvements in Registers, of which the foll w ing is a specification.

My invention pertains to registers; and it contemplates the provision of a simple, durable, and reliable register constructed with a view of being automatically operated bythe weight of a person stepping upon it and cal culated to accurately register the number of persons entering or leaving a car or other enclosure.

The invention is designed more articularly for registering the number of p ersens entering or leaving a street-car; an d. it will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a horizontal section illustrating a portion of a car equipped with the register constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is view, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, of the same with a portion of the depending flange on the front step broken away. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating my improvements in end elevation. Fig. l is an enlarged horizontal section taken through the casing comprised in the register and illustrating the parts contained in said casing in plan. Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken through the said casing in a plane between the vertically-swinging lever cf the register mechanism and the adjacent side *all of the casing. Fig. 6 is a detail longitudinal vertical section illustrating the arrangement of the intermediate stretch of the registertape relative to the top wall of the casing.

Similar letters designate correspmiding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which A is a portion of a car-body.

B is a horizontal bracket having upwardlyreaching arms C at its ends, fixed in a1 approved manner to the body I D is a step or section, preferably of wood, arranged below and fixedly connected to the bracket and having longitudinal verticallydisposed slots (1 and also having a vertical ydisposed opening 1) arranged intermediate the slots at and designed to expose to view certain figures on the register-tape presently referred to, and E is a false step, preferably of wood, arranged. above the bracket B and hinged c to the said bracket, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The said false step E is provided with an outer depending flange (Z and is also provided with an opening 6, which la ter is designed to register with the before nentiened opening I) in step D and a similar op eningfin the bracket B, this in order to enable a person in interest to look downward through the false step E and in that way read the figure or figures of the register-tape displayed in the opening I) of the step D.

A stop F on the upper side of the bracket B limits the downward movement of the false step E, and in order to raise the said false step E when a person steps from the same, as well as to normally hold the false step in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, 1 provide coiled springs G, which are interposed between and connected to the false step E and the body A, as shown. The forward-depending flange (Z of the false step E tends to prevent dust and dirt finding their way between the bracket B and the false step, and in order to prevent dust and dirt falling down through the opening a in the false step and in that way getting upon the register-tape I provide the closure-plate H, (best shown in Figs. 1. and 3 which closureplate is disposed below the false step E. The said closure-plate is arranged to be moved between longitudinal guides I, and in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 it obviously serves to close the lower end of the opening 0. When, however, it is desired to view the displayed figure or figures on the register-tape, it is simply necessary to move the plate H from its position below the opening (5, and this may be easily done through the medium of the handle J, with which the closure-plate is equipped, as indicated by dotted. lines in Fig. 1. lVhen the false step E is depressed, as when a person steps upon it, the stop F prevents the under side of the false step from reaching the upper side of the bracket- B and in that way precludes injury of the closure-plate II or its guides I.

K is a casing, preferably of metal, fixedly connected to and disposed below the step 1). The said casing K is provided with a compartment f for an important purpose presently set forth and. is designed to contain the tape-moving mechanism of the register. This tape-moving mechanism is best shown in Figs. 4 to 6 and in the preferred embodiment of my invention is made up ot a t 'ansverse shal t g, journaled in the side walls ol? the casing, a spool or drum It, fixed on the shaft 9, tape-retaining disks /.7, loosely receiving the shatt g at opposite sides of the spool or drum 71 and fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the -asing, preferably through the medium of a bolt Z, Fig. l. a comparatively short shal t m, journalcd in the side w: lls of the reduced extension K ol' the casing and having [ixed thereon a spool or drum n. and also having one ol its ends squared, as indi .tli'ttl by y), tor tl e application ot a key or the like, tape-retaining disks 7r, loosely receiving the shalt m. at opposite sides oil the spool or drum n and fixedly connected with the casing extension K, a ratchet r, keyed or otherwise fixed on the strait g, a vertiez.lly-swinging lever s, loosely mounted on the shattg atoi esideof and adjacent to the ratchet r and having an upwardly-extending stem 25, which terminates in a head it, disposed below and against the under side of the false step E, one or more, preferably two, tractile springs 7. interposed between and connected to the lover s and the casing K and having for their oltice to return the .aid lever to and normally hold it in the position shown in Fig. 5, a pawl 10, mounted on a stud 1:, carried. by one of the side walls ol the casing and having an upwardly-extending apertured arm at, a pawl 11 pivoted on the lever s and having a depending apertured arm rods (0, connected to the arms ol" the pawls in a loose manner and extending through abutllltlltS l), tixed in the casing K, and also extending through slots 0 in the en d w; lls o'l said casing and having lateral pins (7 arranged to normally rest adjacent to the said end walls, and coiled springs a, mounted on the rods (1 and. interposed between the abutments I) and the arms and 2 of the two pawls of and 1/, so as to hold the said pawls yieldingly in engagemei'it with the ratchet 2', and thereby preclude retrograde movement ol the registertape M. As shown in Fig. -'l-, the said register-tape is provided at intervals with numhers arranged in proper sequence tron. lelt to right, and in the pract ice ot my invention the said tape is designed to be wound oil' the spool or drum it and on. the spool or drum 72 and this in a stem-by-step manner incident to the depressions ot the talse step I as when persons step on and oil the saire. Then when the tape M is all wound on the drum 71, l crmtemplate winding it back on the drum it by hand. To pcrmit oi" this being done with l acility, the rods (1 are drawn outward against the action ol" the springs c, and the pins (7 on the rods are engaged with the outer sides ol" the cud casingwalls so as to hold the )oints ol the oawls II t l 1 1 A key, wmch and 2/ away from the ratchet r. l have d emed it unnecessary to illustrate, is

1 cars, 1.

m, and the said shatt is turned toward the right until all oi the tape is wound on tho drun. a except the portion whicn stretches between the said drum it and the drum /1 The tape it extends through openings to in the top wall oi the casiirz l: and over the said. top wall to 'a short distance. as indicated by n. at a point below the opening I) in the step i and the openingfin the bracket B. (See Figs. l and ti.)

-ctice it set my novel register with the er-tap. M on th: drum n and with the tirst number or any other priwlctermincd number on the tape at the prcpcr distance to the right or the ight-hand opening in in the asing-top, all which l restore the pawls to and 'g to their working positions, so as to cuable said pawls to preclude rct rograde moycment ot the tape (hiring the operation ol the register. With the parts thus arranged it will be apparent that as cach person entering or leaving the car steps tn on the l'alsc st: p [G the said l'alse step will be dcprcssed, and through the medium ol the stem Z, the lever a, the pawls 11; and 7 and t to ratchet r the shalt (j and the drum ll will be turned suliicirntly l'ar to move the tape and draw one numbz-r thereon oil the top ot the casing K and the l'nllowing numbr-r on the said top. in this way an acmu'atv regist'lz ion cl the number ol' persons out: ring or l: tying tlr car is made, and when the car 's hill or empty, as the a: may be, a. person in autlnvrity may "cadily ascertain the number by moving the closure-plate ll toward the right and looking through the 'cgistercd oprnings and 1) in the false step E, the bracket B, and the step l), respectively.

.l conten'lpla-te in practice arranging a battery ot the storage typo in the :ompartmant of easing K, as indicatrd by T in Fig. l,

and electrically connecting the said battery with an incandosccnt light l arranged adjacent to the exposed part ol the tape ill, as shown diagrammeticslly in the said. 'ligurc, this in order that the said cxposid porzion ot thrtapc may be illuminated when necessary:

it will be gathered from the l'orcgoing that when my novel register is employed each person stopping on the lalse step ll will automati wally re ister his or her p sage into or out ol the -ar. also that the register is simple and inexpensive in constructitm and well adapted to withstand the us c to which arr devices are ordinarily subjc ved.

Vfhil" my novel register is designed more particularly l'or use in connect ion with streetdesire it distinctly understood that the r: star may be used o advantage in oon nection with buildings and otherinolosurcs in, which people i "inble.

l have entered into a detailed description ol' the onstruction and relatirr arrzitngcmciit ot the parts embraced in the present and prothen applied to the squared end ol" the shalt i terred embodiment ol' my invention in order 133 to impart a definite understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. I11 a register, the combination of a vertically-disposed bracket having an opening, a step fixed to the under side of the bracket and having a vertically-disposed opening registered with the opening of the bracket, a yieldingly supported false step arranged above and hinged. to the bracket and having a vertically-disposed opening registered with those of the bracket and step and also having a depending stem, a casing connected to and arranged below the step, a register-tape arranged in said casing and having a portion extending below the vertical openings in the step, bracket and false step, and means for moving the tape, arranged to be actuated by the depending stem of the false step.

2. In a register, the combination of a suitable support having an opening, a casing connected to and arranged below said support, a register-tape arranged in the casing and having a portion exposed to the said opening, a yieldingly supported, vertically movable step hinged to the support and having a forward depending flange and also having an opening registered with that of the support and a slide on its under side for closing said opening, and means operated by vertical movement of the step for feeding the tape.

3. In a register, the combination of a casing containing an abutment and having a slot in one wall, shafts journaled in the casing and bearing drums, a tape arranged to be moved from one drum to the other, a ratchet fixed on one shaft, a lever loosely mounted on said shaft and carrying a pawl arranged to engage the ratchet; said pawl having an apertured arm, a rod extending through the aperture of the arm on the pawl and connected to said arm and also extending through the abutment in the casing and the slot in the wall of the casing and having a lateral pin, a spring mounted on the rod and interposed between the abutment and arm, a verticallymovable, yieldinglysupported step, and a connection between said step and the lever for operating the latter by the former.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. IVILLIAMS.

W itnesses GEO. W. KENDALL, TOM HUGHEs. 

